diff --git a/include/haproxy/connection-t.h b/include/haproxy/connection-t.h
index 32d5a60f9..dd52bd3a7 100644
--- a/include/haproxy/connection-t.h
+++ b/include/haproxy/connection-t.h
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 
 #include <import/ebmbtree.h>
 #include <import/ist.h>
+#include <import/xxhash.h>
 
 #include <haproxy/api-t.h>
 #include <haproxy/listener-t.h>
@@ -466,6 +467,28 @@ struct conn_stream {
 	void *ctx;                           /* mux-specific context */
 };
 
+/* Hash header flag reflecting the input parameters present
+ * CAUTION! Always update CONN_HASH_PARAMS_TYPE_COUNT when adding a new entry.
+ */
+enum conn_hash_params_t {
+	/* to remove as soon as one useful parameter is present */
+	CONN_HASH_DUMMY_PARAM,
+};
+#define CONN_HASH_PARAMS_TYPE_COUNT 1
+
+#define CONN_HASH_PAYLOAD_LEN \
+	(((sizeof(((struct connection *)0)->hash)) * 8) - CONN_HASH_PARAMS_TYPE_COUNT)
+
+#define CONN_HASH_GET_PAYLOAD(hash) \
+	(((hash) << CONN_HASH_PARAMS_TYPE_COUNT) >> CONN_HASH_PARAMS_TYPE_COUNT)
+
+/* To avoid overflow, dynamically sized parameters must be pre-hashed. Their
+ * hashed will then be reused as input for the generation of the final
+ * connection hash.
+ */
+struct conn_hash_params {
+};
+
 /* This structure describes a connection with its methods and data.
  * A connection may be performed to proxy or server via a local or remote
  * socket, and can also be made to an internal applet. It can support
diff --git a/include/haproxy/connection.h b/include/haproxy/connection.h
index 03e7e2efd..a7a83b1c0 100644
--- a/include/haproxy/connection.h
+++ b/include/haproxy/connection.h
@@ -1115,6 +1115,39 @@ static inline int conn_upgrade_mux_fe(struct connection *conn, void *ctx, struct
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/* Generate the hash of a connection with params as input
+ * Each non-null field of params is taken into account for the hash calcul.
+ */
+XXH64_hash_t conn_calculate_hash(const struct conn_hash_params *params);
+
+static inline XXH64_hash_t conn_hash_prehash(char *buf, size_t size)
+{
+	return XXH64(buf, size, 0);
+}
+
+/* Append <data> into <buf> at <idx> offset in preparation for connection hash
+ * calcul. <idx> is incremented beyond data <size>. In the same time, <flags>
+ * are updated with <type> for the hash header.
+ */
+static inline void conn_hash_update(char *buf, size_t *idx,
+                                    const void *data, size_t size,
+                                    enum conn_hash_params_t *flags,
+                                    enum conn_hash_params_t type)
+{
+	memcpy(&buf[*idx], data, size);
+	*idx += size;
+	*flags |= type;
+}
+
+static inline XXH64_hash_t conn_hash_digest(char *buf, size_t bufsize,
+                                            enum conn_hash_params_t flags)
+{
+	const uint64_t flags_u64 = (uint64_t)flags;
+	const XXH64_hash_t hash = XXH64(buf, bufsize, 0);
+
+	return (flags_u64 << CONN_HASH_PAYLOAD_LEN) | CONN_HASH_GET_PAYLOAD(hash);
+}
+
 #endif /* _HAPROXY_CONNECTION_H */
 
 /*
diff --git a/src/backend.c b/src/backend.c
index c7fb3496d..4b2c9f827 100644
--- a/src/backend.c
+++ b/src/backend.c
@@ -1247,6 +1247,11 @@ int connect_server(struct stream *s)
 	int init_mux = 0;
 	int err;
 	int64_t hash = 0;
+	struct conn_hash_params hash_params;
+
+	/* first, set unique connection parameters and then calculate hash */
+	memset(&hash_params, 0, sizeof(hash_params));
+	hash = conn_calculate_hash(&hash_params);
 
 	/* This will catch some corner cases such as lying connections resulting from
 	 * retries or connect timeouts but will rarely trigger.
@@ -1672,6 +1677,8 @@ skip_reuse:
 		}
 	}
 
+	srv_conn->hash = hash;
+
 	return SF_ERR_NONE;  /* connection is OK */
 }
 
diff --git a/src/connection.c b/src/connection.c
index fc605f986..f5dbffbc1 100644
--- a/src/connection.c
+++ b/src/connection.c
@@ -1411,3 +1411,16 @@ static struct cfg_kw_list cfg_kws = {ILH, {
 }};
 
 INITCALL1(STG_REGISTER, cfg_register_keywords, &cfg_kws);
+
+XXH64_hash_t conn_calculate_hash(const struct conn_hash_params *params)
+{
+	char *buf;
+	size_t idx = 0;
+	XXH64_hash_t hash = 0;
+	enum conn_hash_params_t hash_flags = 0;
+
+	buf = trash.area;
+
+	hash = conn_hash_digest(buf, idx, hash_flags);
+	return hash;
+}